Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-29
GRANT RELICS ON EXHIBITION
Three More Gases Of the Generals Memsp
toes Placed in the National Museum.
SOUVENIRS FROM ALL NATIONS
Rumored Engagement of the British
Minister and the Daughter of SEN
ator Mitchell of Oregon
National News.
The Grant Presents,

NuttOnal news.
The Grant Presents.
WASHINGTON. April 2S.-TSpecial Tele-
gram to the BEE. Three of the live cases
of Grant relics, heretofore closed, were
opened to-day and placed on exhibition at
the National museum. They contained pre-
| sentation swords, goldheaded canes, cas-
kets medallions and many other costly and
elegant articles presented by different people
| at different times to General Grant Many
| of these articles are souvenirs of his trip
| around the world. There is a splendid COL
| lection of Japanese coins, one series of seven
| pieces, old Japanese coins of huge size, being
| valued at $4,000. There are invitation cards.
menu cards, reminders of entertainments
| given in his honor, engrossed on gold plates.
! One invitation card to masked ball, given
at San Francisco upon General Grants
| arrival at that city, on his return from his
| famous tour, Is engraved on solid gold and
was enclosed In a silver envelope, with the
address engraved npon It, On the right.
the usual "If not delivered in ten days" etc.
| The articles shown, besides their historical
interests. are of great intrinsic value. Gold,
silver, sparkling gems and rare wood vie
| with each other to attract the eye. There ID
. casket carved from the wood of a Shakes
peare mulberry tree, and many other articles
that have value by association. The cases
| arc handsome anu llUcu Wltu pluSu lbhcu
with the relics already on exhibition they
embrace the finest collection OF the kind IN
| the world.
| Trouble at the Government ONCE.
| WASHINGTON, April 2S.-[Special to the
BEE. AT the government printing office
quite hubbub has been created by the en-
forcement of very strange order which at
once casts suspicion upon the employees
there. The order required special pass to
permit packages Of any description to be
carried from the building. Great dissatisfac-
tion prevails, especially among female en-
| ployes, who have been in the habit of doing
their shopping during lunch hours. A ma
iority of the employees who have their shoe
work done near the office and delivered to
them in the afternoon, object to the enforce
ment of the order, because they are required
to obtain pass each time to carry out their
old shoes. The passes are collected by the
watchmen at the different doors and turned
in to the public printer In the morning. Re
| Gently the employees were furnished with
blank forms to ill out and turn in to the public
printer. In filling out these blank forms
they are required to give their names and
their residence at the time of appointment
They are also required to state whether they
are married or single, soldier or sailor, or
widow or child OF either 1t Is thought BY
employees that this action was taken in order
that names might be selected from them
when discharge was to occur and that the
discharges would be sent to their homes in
stead of being distributed in the Office by the
foremen. To-day was the last day of the
first two weeks under which stho regular two
weeks payments are made, and many enl-
ployes looked forward to DISCHARGE THIS
have refused to psrmit the .watchmen to
search their lunch baskets, as has been pub
lished.
Military Matters.
WASHINGTON, April 2s.-lSpecial Tele-
gram to the BEE.I-Army furloughs have
been issued as follows: Sergeant James L.
Ayres, Sixth cavalry, four months; Private
Patrick McGever, company A, Twentieth in
fantry, four months.
Army leaves: Captain Stephen p. Joeelyn,
Twenty-first infantry. two months sick
leave; First Lieutenant Charles e. kilbourne,
Second infantry, seventeen days; First Lieu
tenant Charles NJ. Twill, Twenty-rirst in.
fantry, one month extension.
Army orders: Second Lieutenant Jacob
F. Kreps, Twenty-second infantry, has been
detailed as military professor at the Allie
gbeny college, Meadville, Pa, July l, relev
ing First Lieutenant A. NJ. Fuller, SeconG
cavalry, who will join his troops
Sergeant II. b. Ward. Seventh cav
airy, has been placed on the retired list
Captain Gaines Lawson, Twenty;iifth infant
ry, has been granted one months extension
of leave: a general court martial will con
vene tomorrow at Madison barracks, Sack
Alexander b. MacGowan, Twelfth infantry
! will be president, and Lieutenant Benjamin
A. Poore; same regiment, judge advocate
first infantry, has been detailed as president
| of the court OF inquiry at Fort Robinson il
place of General Albert v. Kaatz. colOne
Eishth infantry, who is too Ill TO attend the
court. This Is the court asked for by Major
Daniel N. Bash, paymaster, on account of tht
recent robbery ne sustained in Wyoming.
Nebraska and Iowa Pensions.
J WASHINGTON, April 2S.-TSpecal Tele
gram to the BEE. l-Pensions were granted
Nebraskans to-day as follows: James NJ
Allen, Oak; Washington j. Jobes, Lincoln
: Daniel Lazarus, Gibbon; Samuel Teter
Shickley Benson Playmate, Haigler; Georg
Babbltt, Cambridge; William ii. Nealy, De
. | witt; John w. Wxon, Stella; Cyrus
, Weaver, North Loup; Senes Anthony, Fair
field
, of Adam Aulman. Des Moines; Rachael i
| | widow of Daniel W. Goode Bloomfield
: Martha, mother of John Ktterman, Delta
, George r. A. Barnard, Sidney;. William
| Dawson, Van Meter; Edmund Davis, Filing
ton; Samuel A. Hamilton, Brighton Ezekie
i Nelson, Des Mones; William L. Cline, Cen
t ter Point; William Wilson; Newton,; Abra
ham C. Price slgourney i Frederlck Newlan
: Levi Pretts, Sheffield; Presley +. Barhal
s WGukeon; George w, Gardner, Sumner.
Petitions From the Coast.
: WASHINGTON, April 2S-Secretary Mosle
:. yesterday received numerously signed pc
ttiOn from citizens of California requesting
the inter-statecommerce conlmiS iSsiOn not t
suspend the operation of section four of tn
. interstate commerce law, so far as the com
u merce of the Pacific coast is concerned, unit
= an opportunity be afforded all persons in
r terested TO be heard. The petition, however
- on articles requiring low rates and rapi
: transit for long distances.
9 A communication from the chamber o
II commerce Of Tacoma, w. t. was received
a asking that the trans-continental lines be 9s
l. empt from the fourth section,
National Capital News.
. WASHINGTON, April 2S.-lSpecial Tell